Our Lawn is fodder for wildlife

[bc.gold 3,403]

It's 9:30 pm and the deer are out having a snack, couple days ago a black bear was passing through.

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,309]

Nice to be able to set and watch the wildlife. 

A big part of the reasons we're clearing off some of the backyard is to see the animals better and make it easier for them to get to water. 

[lynnmor 7,302]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Nice to be able to set and watch the wildlife. 

A big part of the reasons we're clearing off some of the backyard is to see the animals better and make it easier for them to get to water. 

 

I see a 60" mower deck in your future.

[ebinmaine 67,309]

Just now, lynnmor said:

 

I see a 60" mower deck in your future.

Hahahaha...

It's waaaaay too rough out there.

 

I'd love to be able to turn that into a pasture of sorts but that area could never have a regular mower on it unless heavy machinery was brought in to take out all the roots stumps and substantial amounts of rocks and boulders. 

 

 

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[DennisThornton 4,769]

I see deer and turkey a lot.   Trail cams see fox, coyote and fishers.  I've seen black bear in the back yard but rarely.  They are still around but I think less so.

[squonk 41,038]

2 hours ago, AMC RULES said:

Craig, is Eric spying on you?  

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,296]

I live 4 miles from the heart of the city. The James River run thru the middle of the city and I am about 300 or 400 yards from a large creek the feeds in to the James . natural highway for wild like . My back yard is has been full of wild life this year. Red fox, deer ,coyote , rabbits  all kinds of birds and the bushy tail rats that live here year round. Love watching them.

Edited May 24, 2021 by elcamino/wheelhorse
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[ebinmaine 67,309]

19 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

bushy tail rats

What might these be?

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[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,296]

@ebinmaine Grey squirrels. The area is full of big oaks trees and I think every tree has a nest of those sob's.

[ebinmaine 67,309]

27 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

@ebinmaine Grey squirrels. The area is full of big oaks trees and I think every tree has a nest of those sob's.

Oh yes yes.

 

I may have been known to throw small pieces of metal in their general direction. 

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,791]

Our little plot has chestnuts, hickory nuts, walnuts, and me....too many different types for the squirrels to resist. A small herd of dear traverse the front lawn about dusk and dawn every night, the rat snakes know they're welcome(in exchange for occupying space and resources that rattlers and copperheads might otherwise enjoy), the bunnies hop just out of reach of the dogs on the front lawn, Denali does her part to eliminate the local  possum population, but the skunks have figured out to avoid our area(thank goodness), an then the hawks keep perching in our trees to keep an eye on the field below for any tasty movement, but then no starlings tend to gather near the hawks' favorite corner of the ridge.

Edited May 24, 2021 by Wheel Horse 3D

[roadapples 6,983]

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